Legal Opinion
Lehigh Clay Products, Ltd. v. Iowa Department of Transportation
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided February 23, 1994No. 92-1313PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TERNUS, Justice.
This case arises out of the condemnation of land by the Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT). A jury awarded appellant, Le-high Clay Products, Ltd., damages of $350,-000 in compensation for the taking of its leasehold interest in the land condemned. The district court granted the DOT’s motion for new trial and denied its motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict. We reverse the grant of a new trial and affirm the denial of judgment notwithstanding the verdict.
I. Background Facts.
In 1987 Lehigh purchased a mineral leasehold of approximately eighty-eight acres of land…
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